7 Things That Happened in WWE the Week of 4/28/2019

1. The NXT Debut of Kushida After weeks of teasers, the former New Japan junior heavyweight ace got in the ring with the new official welcome wagon for big deal babyface signees, Kassius Ohno. The match is a good introduction to Kushida’s fantastic technical ability in the ring, great energy,…

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Burn, Baby, Burn: WWE TLC Recap and Review

It was the final pay-per-view of 2020, and WWE was ready to give a big send off to the year that made a good number of us think more critically about wrestling than ever before. After grappling with the aftermath of Speaking Out and how to create a more safe…

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WWE Recap: Are We Retributing Yet?

Time keeps passing, and Survivor Series is just around the corner. We had several qualifying matches this week to determine Team Raw and Team SmackDown, while it looks like NXT is no longer going to be in the mix. Maybe of the those outbreaks in the PC were bad for…

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Nice Guys Finish First: WWE Needs to Turn this Car Around

Picture this; it’s early spring 2001. You sit down to watch Monday Nitro with the knowledge that this is the final WCW broadcast. WWE has won the Monday Night Wars, and AOL Time Warner is taking a hit only slightly less painful than the one they’re going to suffer when…

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Wobbuffet Doesn’t Care if You Live or Die

On this week’s episode of Channel F (the Fanbyte Video Game Game Show!), special guest Eric Silver joins Steven and Fūnk-é for more of merritt’s maniacal machinations, and by “maniacal machinations” we of course mean fun games and friendly banter. Eric is the head of content over at Multitude Productions and…

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WWE Recap: Same Stuff Every Week

Since WWE has decided to turn out PPVs like wrestling shows are going out of style, this week was devoted to building storylines for Payback in a tight five hours. While we were treated to some unexpected returns, we also saw a lot of rematches and not nearly enough women’s…

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7 Things That Happened in WWE the Week of 5/5/2019

1. The Wildcard Rule The biggest story heading into WWE TV this week was the real life tale of really, really bad ratings. Raw has had historically low ones through the past year, but after an exciting WrestleMania, some were expecting things to bounce back. They haven’t. The solution? Having…

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